Murfreesboro TN

Watching fireworks light up the sky with dazzling colors and configurations is such a thrill, we often forget that making those shows happen requires literally playing with fire. Here in East Tennessee, we've had our share of fireworks disasters. The smallest mistake can set off a monster chain reaction. It's the tragi

Vonda McDaniel, a longtime leader of Tennessee’s organized labor movement who pushed to build working class power, died Tuesday in Nashville at the age of 60. The cause of death is not known.  The Central Labor Council of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, CLC, an organization comprised of more than 40 unions, announced h

MURFREESBORO, TN (WGNS) - Just over three years after launching its open‑heart surgery program, Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford has reached a milestone that speaks volumes about both community need and clinical growth: the completion of its 1,000th cardiac surgery. It’s a number that represents far more than procedur

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) -First Alert Weather Days remain in effect until Sunday for dangerous heat and humidity and possible strong thunderstorms. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued across much of Middle Tennessee until 8 p.m. The storms will be very isolated with the greatest threats from damaging wind, heavy

National HealthCare Corporation is bringing a big chunk of its real estate back under its own roof. The Murfreesboro-based operator closed on the purchase of 35 properties from National Health Investors on July 1, 2026, paying $560 million for 32 skilled nursing facilities and three independent living communities sprea

What if retirement didn’t mean downsizing your life, but upgrading it?. Picture mornings on the water instead of mornings stuck in traffic. Picture neighbors who actually wave back. Tennessee has a small town built for exactly that kind of life change. Lake views stretch out in every direction, giving...

The National Weather Service is warning residents across Northeast Tennessee, Southwest Virginia and Southwest North Carolina to prepare for dangerous heat and the potential for strong thunderstorms through at least […]

Buc-ee’s is set to break ground on its newest Tennessee travel center on October 14 at Interstate 24 and Joe B. Jackson Parkway in Murfreesboro. The project will become the company’s fourth location in the state, according to the Nashville Business Journal, which cited a Buc-ee’s news release.

A law that tweaks Tennessee’s “guilty by association” statute is now in effect. Senate Bill 1170, sponsored by Sen. Raumesh Akbari (D-Memphis), makes changes to Tennessee’s law on criminal responsibility, which had stated that a person can be held liable for a crime committed even if they just helped in the act.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The United States Department of Justice has moved a case, that began in East Tennessee, into federal criminal court against two high ranking members of the United Cartels. “Farias Mendoza and Vega Farias are charged with trafficking immense amounts of methamphetamine into the United States and